Most Racist Comments Heard On The Presidential 2024 Campaign Trail
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The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be sh*t show in every sense of the word. The GOP candidates have dwindled significantly, with Donald Trump being the frontrunner to receive the nomination. Of course, throughout campaigning the Republicans who threw their hats into the ring said ridiculously racist things—and here are the most infuriating.
Immigrants ‘Poison The Blood’ Of America
Trump regularly says horribly racist and deplorable things—and has no problem quoting Adolf Hitler when doing so. In December 2023 at a rally in New Hampshire, Trump said that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.” Hitler used similar phrasing in his manifesto “Mein Kampf,” but Trump played dumb and stated he had no idea.
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Vivek Ramaswamy and former CNN host Don Lemon had an intense exchange during on-air interview last year. Ramaswamy insisted that the Civil War secured freedoms, in which Lemon retorted “the whole reason that the civil rights movement happened was because Black people did not secure their freedoms after the Civil War.” Ramaswamy was loud and wrong—his two favorite things to be.
Slavery Was A Good Thing
Throughout his Florida governorship and presidential campaign, Ron DeSantis has revised his state’s Board of Education standards to not only erase DEI efforts but claim their was an upside to slavery. The Board of Education approved a new set of rules which required teachers to tell students that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” This isn’t just racist, it’s literally revisionist history.
Welfare Was Worse Than Slavery
During a September 2023 Republican presidential debate, Tim Scott talked about how detrimental welfare was to Black families—and made an anti-Black talking point. “Black families survived slavery!” he said. “We survived poll taxes and literacy tests. What was hard to survive was Johnson’s Great Society, where they decided to put money—where they decided to take the Black father out of the household to get a check in the mail.” Scott and his asinine rhetoric didn’t last long in the race.
Affirmative Action Was A Temporary Solution
After the Supreme Court gutted affirmative action last year, Mike Pence appeared on “Face The Nation” to applaud the decision. He also stated that there is no racial inequality in America’s education system. Furthermore, Pence stated that “affirmative action was necessary simply to open the doors of all of our schools and universities, but I think that time has passed.” Oh, the racist delusion.
Calling A Black Woman Leader ‘Modern KKK’
In one of his most despicable campaign moves, Vivek Ramaswamy said that Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) was part of the “modern KKK” on CNN’s “State of the Union.” He stated that Pressley is the equivalent to “a modern grand wizard of the KKK” because she frequently speaks out against racist injustice. Ramaswamy just said racist things to say them—which may have been a reason for him dropping out and endorsing Trump.
Trump Attacks Black Prosecutor Fani Willis
Donald Trump has made it a point to go after prosecutor Fani Willis who led the Georgia indictment over election interference in 2020. He stated that he was out to get him and accused her of prosecutorial misconduct. Trump also called her racist and gave her the “nickname” phony Fani.
Omission of Slavery As Civil War Cause
In December 2023 at an event in New Hampshire, Nikki Haley was asked what caused the Civil War—and said everything but slavery. Haley responded that she thought the cause “was basically how government was going to run, the freedoms, and what people could and couldn’t do.” She received immense backlash for omitting slavery, but later stated she thought that was a given.
Mocking Nikki Haley’s Birth Name
Considering how viciously Trump came after Barack Obama and mocked his heritage throughout his time in the White House, Trump couldn’t wait to mock Nikki Haley’s birth name Nimarata. Earlier this month, why he mocked her on social media repeatedly by calling her “Nimbra.” Trump also shared conspiracy theories about Haley, who is of Indian descent, being ineligible to run because of her background. Sadly, it’s just another page from his racist playbook.
‘Fatherlessness’ Ruins Black Community
As Larry Elder campaigned for president throughout 2023, he went to great lengths to disparage Black people to gain the support of racist white voters. Elder often stated that 70% of Black children grow up without fathers—though the number of Black kids living in single-parent homes is less than 60%. His racist script went only so far—he wound up suspending his campaign.
Normalizing Birtherism
GOP presidential Doug Burgum stated that Donald Trump’s personal attacks on Nikki Haley’s—and her birth name—were fair game in the political world instead of calling it out for the racism that it is. “This is all in the norm for politics in our country. But once we agree as parties, we get behind candidates,” he said. Burgum has also endorsed Trump for a second term as president.
Supporting Great Replacement Theory
During the fourth Republican presidential debate in December 2023, Vivek Ramaswamy made white supremacists rejoice as perpetuated right-wing conspiracy theories like the 2020 election being stolen and Jan 6. being an “inside job.” He also said: “The great replacement theory is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory but a basic statement of the Democratic Party’s platform.” Claiming that it’s dangerous that Black and brown people will replace white folks is the same rhetoric used by mass shooters and neo-Nazis.
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